At this moment, he was only one final barrier away from fully awakening the Rinnegan.
But it was this last barrier that Uchiha Hikaru found impossible to break. If only the magma eruption could last a little longer… even one more minute.
Hikaru stared down into the crater, and suddenly, a bold and terrifying idea flashed through his mind—an idea even he was shocked by.
What if I jumped in and soaked for a while?
Even Hikaru felt stunned by his own absurd thought.
After all, this was the shinobi world, not the ocean. He didn't have some mythical ability to casually bathe in molten magma. He wasn't Akainu, relaxing in a lava hot spring.
But then it hit him—he couldn't dip his physical body into the magma…
but he could do it using Susanoo.
Without hesitation, acting on the instinct that only direct experimentation proves truth, Uchiha Hikaru folded most of the wings of his Demonic Flame Susanoo and slowly descended.
At that moment, Sword dissolved into black mist and wrapped around him, shrouding Hikaru completely. His clothes turned pitch-black, sealed without a single gap.
"Sometimes I really admire your fearlessness and insanity," Sword's voice whispered.
But even as she spoke, her actions supported him without hesitation.
A dangerous smile curled at Hikaru's lips, madness flickering in his eyes.
"It's happened so many times already. You should be used to it by now."
He activated the Sealing Technique: Chakra Absorption Seal, directing the Demonic Flame Susanoo downward into the molten magma. Sword enveloped his head with black mist.
Instantly, natural chakra surged toward him from every direction—fire-nature chakra, and an overwhelming volume of earth-nature chakra. That was why he chose the universal sealing method rather than a fire-exclusive technique.
A tidal wave of chakra smashed into his chakra pathways, like a violent intruder bursting into a locked room. Maintaining Susanoo became nearly impossible.
Sword immediately released her own chakra to reinforce him.
They were inseparable—bound together, knowing each other's rhythm, their chakra sharing the same origin. Coordinating was effortless.
With her support, Hikaru finally calmed himself and crushed the invading chakra like a criminal pinned under overwhelming force.
It was like a robber storming into a civilian's home with a knife—only to find the civilian pointing a gun back at him. (Seven steps? A gun always wins within seven steps.)
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Under the suppression of blazing fire-nature sage chakra and the violent power of the Dragon Vein, the intruding chakra surrendered instantly and was seized by Hikaru.
This was already the third type of natural chakra he had absorbed deliberately. It was far faster than the first time he absorbed Dragon Vein chakra.
Hikaru shut his eyes tightly, directing all the chakra in his body toward his eyes, continuing to draw power from the magma beneath him.
Seconds passed.
Suddenly—his eyes snapped open.
An overwhelming pressure burst outward, blasting magma away in all directions.
The Demonic Flame Susanoo spread its wings and rocketed skyward.
Sword finally relaxed, smiling knowingly before dissolving back into black mist and settling at Hikaru's wrist.
"This is all your fault. Obviously it's not a good idea to do strenuous exercise right after a meal," she teased softly.
"Just wait for me~ (≖‿≖✿)"
Her playful voice echoed briefly, then faded into silence.
Hikaru clenched his fists, feeling the overwhelming surge of power flowing through his body.
Deep inside his soul, the pitch-black Susanoo began to change. Red flames and black-gold liquid metal spread upward from its feet, wrapping its legs, torso, arms, neck, head—and wings—merging with the original armor.
It burned with brilliant red flames, but at the core of the fire, darkness thickened ominously.
When the flames finally dispersed, a new figure stood revealed.
The giant radiated metallic brilliance, solid as real metal. The black armor hardened into a metal-like substance created by the fusion of earth-nature chakra. The joints pulsed with dark red flames, like blood flowing under molten skin.
The wings had changed most dramatically—no longer crystalline, but forged into iron-like feathers, shining with black-gold light, flames dancing along the edges.
It no longer resembled a Susanoo at all—
It was a battle mecha from another world.
And the more Hikaru looked, the more familiar it felt.
Why… does it look so much like Sam? (⊙_⊙)
And that blood-red flame—
Photon blood?
No way!
This is too damn cool!!! (≧▽≦)/
A darkened metallic titan infused with flame—armor forged from chakra, wings of steel and fire. The destructive force of fire-nature chakra combined with the defense and adaptability of earth-nature chakra.
Offense and defense perfected.
Even Six Paths Madara might have to fight him evenly now.
Then Hikaru paused, frowning.
A massive problem suddenly hit him.
What the hell should I name this new Susanoo?
His original form, infused only with fire-nature sage chakra, was called the Demonic Flame Susanoo. Now, with dual-attribute chakra and true metallic transformation…
He used to joke that late-series Naruto was just a Gundam battle.
Now he was actually piloting one.
This thing looked exactly like a mecha.
What else could he call it except Gundam?
Hikaru landed silently on the cooled volcanic rock and walked step by step toward Konoha, head down, deeply absorbed in thought.
Completely forgetting one important matter.
The Rinnegan's exclusive ocular ability—
if it had consciousness, it would be sobbing hysterically right now, furious at being ignored and banished like some neglected concubine.
This bastard ignored me to think about naming his new Susanoo— wuwuwu (╥﹏╥) ~
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